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The Missing Person
“John Rosow is a private investigator. And an alcoholic. He just got the case of his life.”
58%
Movie
1h 35m
AI Analysis
The Missing Person (2009) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Missing Person (2009) — a movie tagged as Comedy, Drama, and Mystery with funny and tense moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: John Rosow drinks to forget. He is a former New York City cop turned Chicago-based private investigator. At the last minute, he is hired by someone he's never met to follow a middle-aged male subject on the soon-departing California Zephyr train to Los Angeles. Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night, solo focused viewing, and casual background watching. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~95 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Missing Person 58% (38 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
58%
from 38 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
John Rosow drinks to forget. He is a former New York City cop turned Chicago-based private investigator. At the last minute, he is hired by someone he's never met to follow a middle-aged male subject on the soon-departing California Zephyr train to Los Angeles.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2009-01-16
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- TMDB rating
- 5.8
- TMDB ID
- 35219
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What is The Missing Person about?
John Rosow drinks to forget. He is a former New York City cop turned Chicago-based private investigator. At the last minute, he is hired by someone he's never met to follow a middle-aged male subj... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for The Missing Person?
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How long is the movie The Missing Person?
The official runtime for The Missing Person is approximately 95 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

Michael Shannon
John Rosow

Amy Ryan
Miss Charley

Frank Wood
Harold Fullmer

Linda Emond
Megan Fullmer

John Ventimiglia
Hero Furillo

Margaret Colin
Lana Cobb

Paul Sparks
Gus Papitos

Yul Vazquez
Don Edgar

Paul Adelstein
Drexler Hewitt

Liza Weil
Agent Chambers

Daniel Franzese
Agent Craig

Merritt Wever
Mabel Page

Gary Wilmes
Eric Jelin

Kate Arrington
Jane Rosow

Coati Mundi
Fernando Guerrero

Charles Socarides
Young Doorman (John Stockton)

Steven Marcus
Jim Kaat

James A. Stephens
Old Doorman (Alex Patton)
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